10 Notable deaths the world will NEVER forget

2. Martha Frayde Barraqué

The most significant death during the month December 2013, the death of Martha Frayde Barraqué. She was a founder and leading figure of Cuba’s human rights movement. She served as Cuba’s representative to UNESCO in Paris until 1965. She was a sharp critic of the Fidel and Raúl Castro governments for decades. She served 29 years as a political prisoner and has lived in exile in Spain since 1979. She died on Dec. 4, 2013 in Madrid at the age of 93.